Call for Papers: IFLA Satellite Meeting, Dublin, OH
Posted February 17, 2016
Education and Training & Library Theory and Research Sections
https://publish.illinois.edu/
Theme: “International Quality Assessment of LIS Education Programs”
Date: 10 August, 2016; 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Venue
The Conference Center at OCLC, 6600 Kilgour Pl, Dublin, OH 43017, USA
http://conference-center.oclc.
Description of Theme
The Section on Education and Training (SET) and the Section on Library Theory and Research (LTR) are organizing a satellite meeting prior to the 2016 World Library and Information Congress in Columbus, Ohio, with the support of OCLC, the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE), and the Unversity Library and the Graduate School of Library and Informaiotn Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The aim of the meeting is to explore the feasibility of establishing an international means of assessing the quality of Higher Education programs for initial and continuing professional development of library and other information professionals. The goal of such an international assessment protocol would be to support opportunities for cooperation and collaboration among higher education institutions worldwide, and to ensure the equivalency of degrees and certificates granted as well as learning experiences. This would result in a system that would permit reciprocity in educational programs internationally for both initial professional positions and continuing professional development of library and information professionals.
Proposals are welcome for papers (research, case studies, etc.) as well as panel presentations representing innovative and original perspectives on current and future issues in the assessment of LIS education and similar programs. For information on submission, please visit http://2016.ifla.org/cfp-
Important Dates:
- 29 February 2016: Deadline to submit paper and panel proposal abstracts https://easychair.org/
conferences/?conf= ifla2016setltr - 18 March 2016: Notification of paper and panel abstract acceptance
- 25 April 2016: Deadline for authors to submit the completed paper and any revisions to panel proposals
- 10 August 2016: Satellite Meeting
Satellite Planning Chairs: Clara M. Chu and Terry Weech
Call for Papers Subcommittee Chair: Beth Sandore Namachchivaya
Contact information: IFLA-SET-LTR-2016@library.
Website: http://publish.illinois.edu/